AWARDSKaren is a Lifetime Member of the National Taxidermy Association, Member of Kansas & Arkansas Taxidermy Associations and a Lifetime Member of the Oklahoma Taxidermy Association.She is a Certified Taxidermist in the State of Arkansas. Karen has a Certified Taxidermist Award from the State of Oklahoma, also a Certfied Master Taxidermist Award from the State of Oklahoma. She was inducted into the Oklahoma taxidermist Hall of Fame in 2016. She has also been presented the Award of Excellence from the National Taxidermy Association. Karen is a lifetime member of the NRA and a member of several other org.

Karen has won the Best All-Around Taxidermist Award 15 times in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.